Experience

Career Path Writing Solutions

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Apr 2013 - Present

  Provide individuals and businesses consulting, coaching, writing, and editorial support. My clients and I assess together how I can most effectively help them succeed. Sample of services: → Resumes, executive resumes, CVs, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, interview preparation→ Workshops and consulting on resume and cover letter writing, interview coaching, LinkedIn, proactive career management, and professional writing. → Customized offboarding services to meet each organization's human resources needs.→ Book editing (SAMPLE CLIENTS: Dr. Ivan Misner, Jack Canfield, Dr. Lise Janelle, Brian Hilliard)→ Institutional consulting (SAMPLE CLIENTS: Duke University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, East Carolina University, NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, University of Rhode Island, AcceptU, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Fuquay-Varina Chamber for Leadership, Duke University School of Law, Venture for America, United Therapeutics, Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches) Show less

• • Apr 2013 - Present

  Partner with business owners and authors to help them communicate when it matters most. I offer a range of services from copyediting and developmental editing, to ghostwriting and co-authoring.



Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2022 - Present

  Partner with Program Director and industry pioneer Jay Block to deliver a cutting-edge interview program so career services professionals can empower job seeker to interview with confidence and win job offers.

• • Aug 2021 - Present

  Develop and lead Advanced Writing Techniques, a training program that teaches career services professionals to write better, faster.



Global Luxury and Management (GLAM) - NC State/SKEMA

• France
• Higher Education

• Instructor of Luxury Professional Development

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2020

  Consulted at the program level to develop comprehensive professional development services for a co-hort of approximately 50 US and international graduate students. Developed and taught a graduate-level course, Luxury Professional Development, at the Poole College of Management. → Designed a course from the ground up to meet the needs of students entering a field known for its exacting expectations → Advised on GLAM resume book, a marketing book distributed to industry partners → Taught key elements of a successful job campaign both in-person and remotely Show less



Duke University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2009 - Apr 2015

  Consulted with students, including international, non-native English speakers, in >1,200 fifty-minute sessions at the nationally recognized Thompson Writing Program. Guided students in revising application materials for professional, graduate, and medical schools; grants; scholarships; and internships.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬"WHAT DID THE CONSULTANT DO THAT WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL?"​ Sample feedback from anonymous student questionnaires (>99% satisfaction rate):→ "She told me exactly what she found confusing and led me in a direction to make it more clear for the reader."​→ "She guided me through the process seamlessly and made a daunting task of starting an essay much simpler than I expected."​→ "She gave me very helpful and honest suggestions that reflected a real desire to understand my paper and assist me in making improvements."​ Show less

• • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Read, evaluated, and wrote recommendations on undergraduate applications to Duke University while adhering to established rubric/ranking criteria.

• • 2011 - Apr 2012

  Selected 9 out of over 200 submissions for publication, and mentored students while editing their articles for publication. Co-wrote Foreword that unified journal articles for this annual publication that highlights some of the best writing from Duke's first-year students



American Journal Experts

• Contract Editor

  • Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

  Edited papers submitted by non-native English speakers working on a variety of projects, including application essays, dissertations, and journal publications. Edited papers submitted by non-native English speakers working on a variety of projects, including application essays, dissertations, and journal publications.



Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

• Managing Editor

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2012

  Edited accepted papers, ensuring accuracy of footnotes and clarity of writing for this short-term contract position before editorship transferred to a new university. Edited accepted papers, ensuring accuracy of footnotes and clarity of writing for this short-term contract position before editorship transferred to a new university.

• Teaching and Grading Assistant

  • 2005 - 2008

  Co-taught a course for six weeks during professor’s unexpected medical leave, ensuring no interruption of curriculum or accomplishment of course goals. Graded written assignments and essay exams for >120 students. Co-taught a course for six weeks during professor’s unexpected medical leave, ensuring no interruption of curriculum or accomplishment of course goals. Graded written assignments and essay exams for >120 students.



Youngstown State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • 2005 - 2005

  Designed course theme and assignments, lectured, facilitated discussion, and graded all learning assignments. Designed course theme and assignments, lectured, facilitated discussion, and graded all learning assignments.